4 | Haunting Past

Hellos and Goodbyes

"Come back, Del and put on your pants!" Ezra yelled at the girl as he chased her though the Ghost.

"Never!! The inquisitor always made me wear pants." She complained, and began to climb into the vents.

"You picked a bad spot to hide." He laughed and began to follow her.

He was just glad she had loosened up, he'd been on the Ghost cooped up on Endor for the past three days, Hera, Roe, Eights and Sabine had gone to celebrate and plan with the rest of the organized rebellion.

He and Del were pretty much trapped on the Ghost, none of them thought that the forest moon would be the best place for the young girl. Especially with the Ewoks still trying to eat people.

Del had become much more like a little kid than when they first meet her, she feel extremely comfortable with Ezra and no one could figure out why.

Maybe it was his ex-sithness or something else?

Ezra was having so much fun, he couldn't help but think, I can't wait till I have my own kids.

He was squeezing though the vents, after a very fast Del when his comm buzzed in his pocket.

"Oh come on." He muttered, having to squeeze to reach it and opened the channel.

Sabine's voice came though. "Hey Ez, just wanted let you know we're coming back in a few."

"Ok see you then." He replied back and gave up on chasing the small girl though the vents.

Ezra climbed out and went to grab a cup of caf.

"YOU AREN'T ALLOW TO GIVE UP!" She yelled, it echoing through the vents.

"Well if you want Eights or Roe to see you in your underwear I suggest you get out and put on your pants." He replied back, and heard shuffling above him.

"Fine." She muttered.

***

Eights, Hera, Roe and Sabine were all gathered up walking back to the Ghost.

"Anyone have any plans now that the Empire is defeated?" Roe asked them all.

"Well fractions of it are still left, like we heard I think I'm going to continue to fight this fight until it's all over." Hera answered.

"I call being your copilot." Eights said and they laughed.

"You're a great pilot, Eights you are happy to be it." Hera said and he blushed.

"I knew that." Roe laughed. "But I was talking about do you have any plans to visit anyone, go on any vacations."

"I'll vacation when I'm dead." Sabine said and they all laughed.

"Not really." Eights said. "All I want to do is get back up in the sky."

"What about your parents?" Sabine pestered.

"Riley and Phil? They're nice people, but I got to tell you the truth they aren't my parents." Eights admitted and there was collective gasps among the four. "I mean they're nice people and all, they think of me as their son, but the truth is I was a slave and they decided to free me they only reason I stuck around was because I had no where else to go, so as soon as I got the chance I went off to the imperial academy."

"Wow." Sabine said.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Roe said and Hera nodded.

"Oops I didn't mean to get that deep, but y'all are my friends you deserve to know." Eights said, embarrassed.

Sabine was dying to know what happened to his biological parents, but there was a time for everything.

Hera began to talk about her parents with them when she was interrupted with none other than Captain Rex himself, running up to them with none other than Chopper the droid following behind.

"Hera, I'm glad I caught you." He yelled and smiled.

"Rex?!" Hera asked, surprised and then noticed Chopper at his side. "CHOPPER!!" She cried and brought the droid in for a hug. "You're ok."

"Hey Chopper lives." Eights said, happily.

Roe smiled and Sabine joined Hera giving the droid a hug.

"Where did you find him??" Hera asked, getting up.

"It's a long story." Rex said with a laugh. "I was surprised myself when I found him."

"Well thanks a million, I owe you one." The twi'lek smiled and pulled Rex into a hug as well.

"Anytime General." He smirked and let go of her. "Have any of you seen Ahsoka?"

"She's here somewhere, good luck finding her though." Roe responded.

"Well I better go find her then." Rex said and started to walk off. "Goodbye old friends it was good seeing you again."

"Goodbye." They all echoed after him and finally reached the Ghost.

***

A few days ago...

Luke Skywalker felt a presence behind him and jumped around to face the cloaked figure that was hiding in the woods.

"Show yourself." He threatened and put his hand on his lightsaber hilt, waiting for it to make the first move.

"I didn't mean to startle you." Ahsoka said, putting up her hands, her orange face being illuminated in the fire light.

"Who are you?" Luke said, cautious of this new figure lurking in the darkness.

"I don't believe we have formally met, I'm Ahsoka Tano." She stated and removed her hood.

Luke relaxed a bit and removed his hand from his lightsaber. "I've heard of you once before."

Ahsoka nodded. "I haven't been that active on the rebellion as of late, but I wanted to comeback and say hello and goodbye to a few of my old friends."

"I'm Luke." He offered his hand and she shook it. "It's nice to met you, but not to be rude or anything, but I'm in the middle of something."

"I didn't mean to interrupt you, I just wanted to join you in saying a final goodbye." She said and stood next to the Jedi Knight, no longer facing him, but facing the fire that was slowing consuming her old Master.

Luke nodded, not fully understanding why she was there with him now, saying goodbye to this half man half machine, but he did know she had once cared about his father and that was enough to cease the conversation and let a silent peace overtake them both.

So the two began to watch him in silence, being consumed finally by the flames that had once licked his flesh so long ago on that horrid planet of Mustafar, finally ending his pain.

Goodbye Skyguy. Ahsoka thought, fondly with a sense that this was finally the end of her old Master's story. Goodbye.

I'm not crying, you're crying. *wipes tears on sleeve*